Clay Deploy Integration

Overview

Deploy applications that integrate with Clay (webhook receivers, enrichment processors, CRM sync services) to production platforms. Clay itself is a hosted SaaS -- you deploy the code that interacts with Clay, not Clay itself. The critical requirement is a publicly accessible HTTPS endpoint for Clay's HTTP API columns to call back to.

Prerequisites

• Application code that handles Clay webhooks or HTTP API callbacks
• Platform CLI installed (vercel, gcloud, or docker)
• Clay webhook URL and/or API key stored securely
• HTTPS endpoint accessible from the public internet

Instructions

Step 1: Vercel Deployment (Serverless)

Best for: Webhook receivers, small-scale enrichment handlers.

# Set Clay secrets in Vercel
vercel env add CLAY_WEBHOOK_URL production
vercel env add CLAY_API_KEY production
vercel env add CLAY_WEBHOOK_SECRET production

# Deploy
vercel --prod

// api/clay/callback.ts — Vercel serverless function
import type { VercelRequest, VercelResponse } from '@vercel/node';
import crypto from 'crypto';

export default async function handler(req: VercelRequest, res: VercelResponse) {
  if (req.method !== 'POST') return res.status(405).end();

  // Validate webhook signature
  const signature = req.headers['x-clay-signature'] as string;
  const secret = process.env.CLAY_WEBHOOK_SECRET!;
  const expected = crypto.createHmac('sha256', secret)
    .update(JSON.stringify(req.body))
    .digest('hex');

  if (!crypto.timingSafeEqual(Buffer.from(signature || ''), Buffer.from(expected))) {
    return res.status(401).json({ error: 'Invalid signature' });
  }

  // Process enriched data from Clay HTTP API column
  const enrichedLead = req.body;
  console.log('Received enriched lead:', {
    email: enrichedLead.email,
    company: enrichedLead.company_name,
    score: enrichedLead.icp_score,
  });

  // Push to CRM, database, or outreach tool
  await processLead(enrichedLead);

  return res.status(200).json({ status: 'processed' });
}

Step 2: Cloud Run Deployment (Container)